Sean Giroir, Savannah College of Art & Design Student, Shot & Killed, Police Looking for 3 Suspects

Sean Giroir, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, was shot Thursday afternoon and later died from his wounds that night. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Savannah-Chatham police say they are searching for three suspects in his death.

Metro police spokesman Julian Miller says Giroir was from Houston, Texas. Miller says 21-year-old Mike Levi also was wounded and was being treated at the same hospital. Miller says officers responded to reports of the shooting and found Giroir and Levi with gunshot wounds. Police Sgt. Robert Gavin says three men had taken items from a house, and a struggle had ensued outside the residence when shots were fired. Source

This is a sad situation. Here we have a young man trying to better himself by getting an education and a bunch of thugs, most likely with long rap sheets, decide to take what doesn't belong to them and kill this man in the process. I must also talk about the untimely death of my mother's neighbor in Jamaica. Ms. Hortense McNeil, retired and moved back to Jamaica from England. She had been robbed repeatedly and yesterday, her body was found in her home. When will we take a stand and say no to the rising crime rates both in the U.S. and Jamaica? When? How many more people will have to die before the cops take a zero-tolerance stance and people start telling law enforcement what they know instead of hiding behind the ridiculous no-snitch rule?

UPDATE: Thanks to a reader who pointed out that a large stash of drugs was found in the home. Still, I can't say with any certainty that the drugs belonged to the decedent. According to the Savannah Morning News, agents from the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team and hazardous materials technicians were working late Thursday to remove a large stash of drugs found in the residence, Metro police spokesman Julian Miller said. The newspaper also stated that three white male suspects had taken items from a house and a struggle had ensued outside the residence when shots were fired. They later fled in a dark gray Honda CRV with tinted windows, the newspaper said. 

UPDATE#2:  According to WSAV-TV, John Andrew Adams, 20, of an Althea Parkway address; Daniel M. Izzo, 18, of the 100 block of Runner Road, and Alex Brian Cowart, 21, of Savannah, will be extradited to Savannah to face charges of murder and aggravated assault. The three men were arrested in Sandy Springs.